How To: Run A Test Transaction On Your Site

Before going completely live Art Storefronts always recommends that you run a test transaction on your website. This will ensure that everything is working properly and there are no issues with your payment gateway. When running a test transaction you want to make sure it is less that $5 so you avoid being charged transaction fees. This is a process that can be used by everyone on the Art Storefronts platform.

Warning: TRANSACTION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THIS PROCESS AND YOU MAKE A PURCHASE OVER FIVE DOLLARS YOU WILL BE CHARGED A TRANSACTION FEE AND ART STOREFRONTS WILL NOT REFUND IT.

Please Note: This article assumes that you already have a Standard Store on your website. If you do not have a Standard Store you will need to create one. You can read more about this in the article How To: Create A Standard Store.

Log in to your Art Storefronts ControlPanel and click on the StandardStore you want to work in. We'll be using a StandardStore titled ShopStandardProducts.

Please Note: You will need to turn this back on after your test transaction has been completed. If you don't there will be no shipping costs applied to any of the items in your Standard Store and possible your Art Print Store.

Click on ViewLiveSite.

Navigate to your StandardStore.

Click on your StandardProduct.

Add your StandardProduct to your Cart.

Click on the button labeled Cart.

Click on the button labeled Checkout.

Click on the button labeled ContinueToCheckout.

From here you can either log in with your own CustomerAccount or you can choose to go through FastCheckout. We will be using the Fast Checkout Feature.

Fill out all of the required shipping and paymentinformation.

Click on the button labeled Place Order. This will place your test order and it will let you know whether or not any errors occurred when processing the payment.

Please Note: NOW THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED THIS PROCESS YOU WILL NEED TO REMOVE THE TEST PRODUCT FROM YOUR STANDARD STORE AND YOU WILL NEED TO TURN YOUR SHIPPING OPTIONS BACK ON.